Arkansas oil spill: Timeline
RT (Russia Today)
Friday marks one week since an ExxonMobil pipeline burst in the town of Mayflower, Arkansas, spilling thousands of barrels of toxic tar sands. Town residents say they are being kept in the dark over compensation and the cleanup by Exxon.
April 7
Members of Pipeliners Union 798 told Mayflower residents that negligence on the part of ExxonMobile is to blame for the recent oil spill during a meeting with homeowners on Saturday.
"The companies like ExxonMobile, they don't want to spend the money to fix these old lines. Fifty percent of the lines in the United States were built in the 50s and 60s and they're worn out," CBS affiliate THV 11 cites union member Danny Hendrix as saying.
The Pipeliners Union presented 22 families displaced by the pipeline rupture with checks for $1000.
ExxonMobile responded to the claims, saying the pipeline, which is inspected using inline inspection tools, is monitored by the company’s control center in Houston. The oil giant further stated that it follows “the regulatory requirements for inspection and maintenance of that pipeline."
April 6
A Mayflower beekeeper has found dead bees soaked in oil outside her hive, local news agency KARK reports. The insects have been apparently pollinating plants in the polluted area. The beekeeper has since called the Arkansas Plant Board and an emergency evacuation is taking place to remove the bees.
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